When the shopkeeper Xue Gui brought Li Kuo's favorite food to the general, he naturally winked at Li Kuo and smiled.
"In the past, I always imagined that a person with a noble status as you would not have to eat some delicacies? After this contact, I realized that in a lifetime, some people live for money, and some people live for fame and status , while some people are truly living for the people! The twelve counties of Tangzhou welcome you, it is a blessing for the people of the people!”
Li Kuo moved his chopsticks and picked up a piece of mutton sauce and smiled: "What you said is not exactly right. People always love themselves first and then love others. If I were suffering from the streets now, I was afraid of Tang. The people of the state will definitely not welcome me. It is true that I, Li, fight for the people of the Tang Dynasty, but before the war, I have to let the brothers who follow me travel around the world eat and wear warm clothes, right?"
Manager Xue was stunned for a moment and was stunned for a while before he realized: "That's it, that's it. General Li, you have conquered Nanyang and Fangcheng this time and severely defeated Cui Ganyou's momentum. Don't you strike at Linru and Liangxian while the iron is hot? Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The rebels are struggling to increase their troops to Chang'an. The Luoyang generation will definitely be empty. If you advance in large numbers, the Anthony may really not put all their efforts into blocking them!"
Although Xue Gui is just the shopkeeper of a restaurant, he likes to read military books in his spare time. If his family background is better, he might have become a general who protects the country holding a long spear and kills the captives.
Because An thief proclaimed himself emperor and established a country in Luoyang, the rebels gathered heavy troops in the Eastern Du generation, so that the entire Dujidao was like an iron barrel under the control of the rebels. As for Xingyang, Yingyang, and Dengfeng several important military towns, An Lushan even sent a cavalry to garrison, and it was completely impossible for the royal army of the official army to approach him.
That's why Xue Gui was so amazing about Li Kuo's behavior of burning Luokou Cang. He was able to burn the granary that the rebels relied on when they were deployed in a heavy army. This talent and courage were indeed not something that ordinary people could have. .
In Xue Gui's opinion, only outstanding generals like Li Kuo can pull their teeth in the tiger's mouth, and there is an excellent opportunity to pull their teeth in the tiger's mouth.
A few days ago, Chang'an had just been defeated. His Majesty the Emperor was in a panic and accompanied the imperial concubine, prince, grandson and officials to flee west to Shu. It was so sad. But An Lushan did not believe that Tongguan would be defeated so easily, and believed that the Tang army There must be a doubt about military plan, so he ordered Cui Ganyou not to fight for the time being, and to station a large army in Tongguan, and to send scouts to investigate first. Cui Ganyou waited in Tongguan for a full ten days, but found that there was no movement at all. When the scout returned, he realized that he had a clear understanding. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had already abandoned the city and fled.
Cui Ganyou was angry and laughed and immediately ordered the army to set off and pointed directly at Chang'an.
Although Chang'an City is the most powerful city in the Tang Dynasty, it is not dangerous to defend. Cui Ganyou took Chang'an City without any effort, and then reported to An Lushan, which was praised by An Lushan at the intersection.
The rebels captured Chang'an! This was the hottest news in Luoyang City.
But everything has advantages and disadvantages. Although the rebels have gained great morale in Guanzhong, they inevitably need to increase troops to the capital. Now Shi Siming is leading 80,000 elite soldiers to fight with Yan Gaoqing and his son on Hebei Road, completely Unable to pull away, Tian Chengsi led his troops to attack Yongqiu again. The only force he could draw was the garrison of Dengfeng, Luoyang.
An Lushan attached great importance to Chang'an City, and immediately dispatched 30,000 people to Guanzhong, which also weakened the defense strength of a generation of Luoyang's army. Linru, Liang County is the gateway to Dengfeng eastward.
Taking these two places and Tangzhou and Nanyang will form a reciprocity, which will definitely greatly shock the rebels.
"Old Shopkeeper Xue, what you said is reasonable, but now Tongguan is in the hands of the rebels, even if I really take Linru, Liang County may be attacked by the rebels. The situation is passive when it falls, which is not beautiful."
Li Kuo swallowed a sip of turbid wine and sighed.
Now that the rebels have taken Chang'an, Guanzhong and Henan have become a front line. In addition, Hebei Road and Hedong Road guarantee that the rebels can threaten Ganlong to the west; and to the south, they can oppress Jianghan. The current situation is for the Tang Dynasty.
It's really critical!
Li Kuo heard the news of the loss of Chang'an a while ago that after the rebel general Sun Xiaozhe entered Chang'an, he appointed Zhang Tongru as the left-behind Xijing, Cui Guangyuan as the Jingzhao Yin, and ordered An Shouzhi to lead troops to station in the garden to supervise the generals in Guanzhong.
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After conquering Chang'an, An Lushan believed that the whole world was under his control and that the rest of the land was not worth worrying. So he immediately appointed an official and appointed a series of officials to rule, and pacify Chang'an and surrounding areas.
At first, Li Kuo thought Chang'an was the most powerful city in the Tang Dynasty and the imperial capital. The rebels would be somewhat worried, at least they would not start a massacre and leave some way for the people of Kyoto. Unexpectedly, these rebels had no human nature at all.
It was a group of beasts in clothes! The Hu soldiers seemed to be stubbornly resisting the Tongguan defenders. After entering the city, they burned, killed and looted. The ordinary and lively market became lonely and desolate in an instant, and the former Golden City turned into a ghost in an instant!
An Lushan's subsequent purge of imperial officials was even more outrageous. According to the crying brothers of the Tongwu Camp who had returned from Chang'an, An Thief appointed Sun Xiaozhe to carry out bloody slaughtered members of the royal family who had not fled Chang'an and the families of all officials.
massacre!
In fact, many princes, princes, marquis, dukes, generals, and prime ministers all followed the emperor and fled to Western Shu, but due to the hasty matter, many of their families were not even allowed to evacuate. These officials who stayed in Chang'an were noble.
The family Tengdu was ordered to be killed by An Lushan. In order to eliminate the roots and eliminate future troubles, the rebels did not even let go of the baby in their arms.
"Haha, that's true. I heard that An Lushan was determined to fight with our Tang Dynasty to the end. I guess he wouldn't tolerate a sharp knife inserted on the side of the couch."
After a pause, Xue Gui smiled and said, "But this guy is really a beast. I heard that after the rebels broke through Chang'an, he killed Princess Huo, the princess, and the princess, and ordered the soldiers to dissect them in order to pay tribute to his eldest son Anqingzong.
His belly, his heart! All Yang Guozhong, Gao Lishi's confidant or the person he disliked was beheaded and his head hung on the city gate building of Mingde Gate. Tsk, even the princess with golden branches and jade leaves
More than twenty people were killed by An Lushan, which is really terrible."
Xue Gui said for a moment that he was dancing and spitting, as if all this was seen by him.
After swallowing, Xue Gui continued: "Later, An Lushan heard that the people of Chang'an took advantage of the chaos to steal the property of the treasury, and ordered them to search in Chang'an for three days, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, whether it was the property of the treasury or personal property,
It was almost gone! Shortly after he moved into the palace, he ordered a search and arrested civil and military officials, eunuchs, palace maids, etc., who were left behind by the Tang Dynasty. In the past, the songs, acrobatics, horses, and rhinoceros, which were dedicated to His Majesty the Emperor, were all in An.
In the hands of the thief, this guy was not satisfied. He sent hundreds of palace concubines, musicians, knights, and disciples from the Liyuan to Luoyang with soldiers and sent them to Ningbi Palace in Dongdu Jinyuan to play music, and they also went out at the banquet.
The limelight.”
"Bah!" Wang Xiaochun heard this and cursed loudly: "This Anthief is a murderous devil, and the emperor is betrayed him, so what does it have to do with those princes and grandsons? As for the disciples who gathered the Liyuan Garden
His behavior is even more shameful. He said that the tyrant monarch is unruly. How is his own behavior of indulging in sensuality and sexual intercourse different from the emperor?"
Xue Gui wiped the spit on his cheeks and smiled brilliantly, "Don't spit me, this is not what I did."
"Oh, it would be fine if it was just like this. After all, An thief would lose all the people's hearts. But who gave him an idea, An Lushan actually appointed Chen Xilie, son-in-law Zhang Jun, and Zhang Ju brothers as prime ministers.
.As for the other officials who surrendered to him, they were all granted all major and large positions. This plan to attract people's hearts is really wonderful. Whether these officials are really determined to surrender to the enemy, they will inevitably work hard for An Thief. First, muddle the water,
Let you jump around again, this plan is very cruel!"
Having said this, Li Kuo was no longer in the mood to eat, put down his chopsticks and frowned and pondered.
"Tsk, in my opinion, the rebels are all a group of rough men with developed limbs and simple minds. They only know how to burn, kill, loot, and have no lofty vision or strategy at all. How could they come up with such a clever plan? It is probably Yan Zhuang.
That’s what Sun Tzu’s military advisor came up with!”
Wang Xiaochun clasped his fists and shook his head and sighed: "I really don't know what that guy thought. The Tang Dynasty was his mother country, but he did not hesitate to sell the enemy just for the purple robe. Such people deserve to get up at night.
Dropping into a cesspool!”
"Ahem, ahem. General Li is eating. You, can you tell me if you can say something slowly?" Xue Gui almost squirted out when he heard Wang Xiaochun say this, suppressed his smile and rushed towards Wang.
Xiaochun bowed
ps: Come on, come on, come on, Qilang, I believe you!